Who are the Seattle Mariners looking to fill center field role?

Why is Saunders on the roster?

This spring the Mariners started spring training with news that was as hearty as a steak dinner.

Franklin Gutierrez was healthy and in the best shape of his life. This news quickly became a pool of vomit on the floor of the locker room as Gutierrez tore his pectoral muscle.

Steak doesn’t taste as good when has been half digested and regurgitated.

Even though the Mariners have publicly said that they were looking to lean heavily on Guti, last year they made several trades indicating that they could be looking for something more reliable, with more power and better on gas.

If Guti was going to be healthy, they had the defensive edge nailed and could work on actually hitting the ball instead of just doing baseball player impressions at the plate.

Now he is out and the M’s can take a serious look at the future in center field.